author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization

Background

• Born: April 13, 1940
• Place of birth: Nice, France
• Nationality: France
• Residence: France
• Biographical highlights:
  • 1948 - Moves to Nigeria
  • 1950 - Returns to Nice
  • 1958-9 - Studies at Bristol University
  • 1960 - Marries Rosalie Piquemal
  • 1963 - Completes undergraduate degree at Institut d'Etudes Literaires
  • 1964 - Completes masters degree at University of Aix-en-Provence
  • 1963 - Publishes Le procès-verbal
  • 1963 - Wins Prix Théophraste Renaudot
  • 1972 - Wins Prix Larbaud
  • 1975 - Marries his wife Jemia
  • 1980 - Publishes breakthrough novel, Désert
  • 1980 - Wins Grand Prix Paul Morand de l'Académie fran¸aise
  • 1983 - Writes doctoral thesis on Mexico's early history at the University of Perpignan
  • 1997 - Wins Grand Prix Jean Giono
  • 1998 - Wins Prix Prince de Monaco
  • 2003 - Publishes Révolutions
  • 2008 - Wins Stig Dagermanpriset
  • 2008 - Wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

• Le Desert
• Onitsha
• The Prospector
• Wandering Star (Lannan Translation Selection Series)
• The Mexican Dream: Or, The Interrupted Thought of Amerindian Civilizations
• Other Books by Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clezio

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• Wikipedia Entry
• The Swedish Academy press release
• Bio and bibliography

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